If you're buying a residence (or a car, a TV set, clothes, or pretty much everything else) buy the cheapest thing available that meets your needs.

An 11 year old told me that she liked watching rehabbing shows on TV and that her mother had told her that I bought houses.

Now is all Apple...

Make sure you know how to run comps for yourself, apples to apples and oranges to oranges.

I brought the price down low and it was bid up, fortunately.Offer flat-screen TV or iPad to the agent that brings in a buyer that results in a sale (within a couple of weeks or so).Is it staged or at least mini staged so that people feel like they could see themselves living there?

That limit uncaps upon transfer of ownership.Unfortunately, the TV can also be higher than 50% of actual market value, sometimes a lot higher, if the property has been over-assessed.

How staged are those home repair television shows? I've learned a lot by watching them but I'm just curious. What do you think?

At least you do not have other tenants living next door that are bad apples too.

Tyler, you are talking about two different things here, apples and oranges.

Laundry, Covered Parking, power contracts, TV & Internet Contracts...don't scrimp on salaries, good property managers, leasing agents and maintenance supervisors are worth paying well.